"A 15-year-old Syracuse boy will spend the next
two to six years in juvenile detention and the
rest of his life as a felon as a result of his
sentencing today for a robbery that netted him and
an accomplice seven cents.
Onondaga County Judge William Walsh rejected a
defense lawyer’s request to treat Anthony Stewart,
of West Onondaga Street, as a youthful offender.
That means his felony conviction will remain on
his permanent record.
Walsh said he might have ruled differently if
Stewart had pleaded guilty, as did his accomplice,
Skyler Ninham, 16. Earlier this month Walsh
sentenced Ninham as a youthful offender to one and
one-third to four years in state prison. Stewart,
who is not old enough for prison, will be sent to
a juvenile detention facility.
Both Ninham and the 73-year-old robbery victim
identified Stewart as a participant in the crime,
Walsh said. “And yet you still denied it,” Walsh
said to Stewart. “Well, that cost you.”" -
Syracuse News